Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-07
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--latest T6lGglalls to The Star.
THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENEY-SIX MEN IN THE MIME.
All NOPE That Amy Escaped Death
Aeand0ned-A Whole City i'm Mourn

All Hope That Any Escaped Death
Aband0ned-A Whole City i'm Mourn
ing.
VICTORIA, b. c., May 6.-The telegraph wires be-
tween Britlsh Columbia and the south were down
yesterday. Last nights kilograms from the COlo-
ntsrs Nanalmo correspondent state that the latest
1nVeSCgatlonS show that one hundred and one
Wnlte men and seventy-five Chinese were in the
mine AZ the time OF the explosion. At 2 O'Clock
was found lying $50 yards from the hosting shaft
IN level NO. /. He is terribly burned about the
la lace ana breast His father is in the mine. A
was found.
Inc action Of the Victoria city council in appro-
priating $!OOO TO aid In the rescue of the miners
learned that there are fOrty-seven widows most
OF wn0m nave large families. The funeral Of Wind
nam Davis took place at o'clock from his late
residence on wallace street, and that OF VIM
Leicnsrane Craven from the Halfway House at )
O'CLOCK Inc funerals OF John Linn, John Smith,
o'clock. f--0S W -"
inc coroners jury viewed the bodies this after
nOOn an9 tne inquest was adjourned until O'Clock
m MI IL a. HOE: Jno Robson manager Of the
"a I1r tne INQUEST The SHIFT that came up
81 0ciock report no movement underground It
Is DeeVe0 Inat the re will soon be totally eXtin-
gu1shed and 1t is confidently expected that the
SHIT that comes up at midnight viii bring some
OF Iae OouleS Iomorrows scenes promise to be
ternDle: coal smoke continues TO issue from the
air smart and Tonight famed by breeze it seems
quite heavy. Arrangements for changing the
SHIFTS are now perfected, six hours being allotted
The Cinnamon met tonight and made arrange
ments Tor bury1ng their countrymen. Some re-
IuseQ IllS morning to place their dead in collins
ana nao 70 oe compelled to do SO. Many homes
are completely broken up, and the city is in sack
cloth and ashes. stores still continue closed and
little business Is being done. Flags are at half
mast.
$500 ALI. HOPE ABANDONED.
All nope OF saving the men now in the mine has
Deen abandoned. 1t Is absolutely impossible that
any can have survived. Most OF the men were
from Cornwall, Yorkshire, and Wales and a few
from Nova Scotia. 1t is dif1cult to obtain infor-
nation. towards n1ghtfall crowd Of people who
nad Deen hovertng around the shaft retired, COM
pleteiy latlgued. Few, however, who had loved
ones IN the mine took any sleep, and all wore bag
gard looks this morning.
The entrance to the main shaft is being fenced
IN IN ORDER 10 prevent rush when the bodies are
being brought up. The fearful character OF the
explosion cannot be exaggerated. over 40 chill
dren have been made orphans by the disaster and
their condition appeals TO the sympathy and char
1Cy OF the benevolent throughout the world. A
neavy rain set In at o'clock, and people returned
to the shelter OF their homes The flames in the
mine are being subdued rapidly, and it is thought
that all danger OF second explosion Is now over.
FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DEAD MINIS FANILIES
OTTAWA, ONT, May THE government is TO be
asked by the members from British Columbia for
grant toward relieving the wives and families OF
the miners killed at Nanaimo b. c., in the VAN
COuVer cOmDaDy'S coal mine